Lee A. Tonouchi is a Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

 born writer and editor, who calls himself "Da Pidgin Guerilla" because of his strong advocacy of the Hawaiian Pidgin

Hawaiian Pidgin

Hawaii Pidgin English, Hawaii Creole English, HCE, or simply Pidgin, is a creole language based in part on English used by many "local" residents of Hawaii. Although English and Hawaiian are the co-official languages of the state of Hawaii, Pidgin is used by many Hawaii residents in everyday...

 language.

Tonouchi graduated from Aiea High School

Aiea High School

Aiea High School is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve. Established in 1961, 'Aiea High School is located in the 'Aiea CDP in the City and County of Honolulu of the state of Hawaii. It is...

 in 1990.
He promotes the idea that the Creole language

Creole language

A creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable natural language developed from the mixing of parent languages; creoles differ from pidgins in that they have been nativized by children as their primary language, making them have features of natural languages that are normally missing from...

 known as Hawaiian Pidgin is an appropriate language for both creative and academic writing.
He was inspired by the works of Eric Chock in the journal Bamboo Ridge

Bamboo Ridge

Bamboo Ridge is a Hawaii-based literary journal and press founded in 1978 by Eric Chock and Darrell H.Y. Lum to publish works by and for the people of Hawaii...

.
All of his writing, including his Master's Thesis, is in Pidgin. He was an instructor of English at Kapiolani Community College

Kapiolani Community College

Kapiolani Community College, formerly Kapiolani Technical School, is a public, co-educational commuter college in Honolulu, Hawaii situated on the slopes of Diamond Head in Waikīkī...

 in 2007.
He also taught at Hawaii Pacific University

Hawaii Pacific University

Hawaii Pacific University, also known as HPU, is a private, Nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Honolulu, Hawaii and Kaneohe, Hawaii. HPU founded in 1965 as Hawaii Pacific College by Paul C.T. Loo, Eureka Forbes, Elizabeth W...

 during 2005,
and later.
His works often address family relationship in a humorous way.

His principal works:

• Hybolics (1999), literary magazine in Hawaiian Pidgin (co-editor)
• Da Word (2001), a collection of short stories
• Living Pidgin: Contemplations on Pidgin Culture (2002), a collection of poems and essays
• Gone Feeshing (2004), a play first produced at Kumu Kahua Theatre
  Kumu Kahua Theatre
  Kumu Kahua Theatre is a community theater located in the city of Honolulu on the island of O'ahu in the state of Hawai'i. Kumu Kahua Theatre is best known for producing plays by local Hawaii-based playwrights, especially plays featuring themes and stories of the people of Hawaii. Kumu Kahua...
  
  
• Da Kine Dictionary:Da Hawai'i Community Pidgin Dictionary Projeck (2005), a dictionary of Hawaiian Pidgin